Steinway Agraffe problem

Joe And Penny Goss imatunr@srvinet.com
Thu, 10 Feb 2005 08:36:28 -0700


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Michael,
Get ahold of Isaac Sadigurssky phone 818 991 3672 He has all the answers =
to this very problem. With your discription of the damage, he will be =
able to suggest the correct drill bit sizes for the helix repair.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Marshall Connolly=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 8:11 AM
  Subject: Steinway Agraffe problem


  I was called in to assess (and hopefully) repair a broken agraffe in a =
Steinway B at a local college.  The agraffe "malfunction" occurred =
during the last tuning, and the tuner attempted to drill out the =
agraffe, but rather than drilling, and using an easy-out to remove the =
broken portion, she and her husband tried to simply drill out the hole =
in the plate.

  They drilled with a bit larger than the original agraffe hole, and now =
even the largest of my agraffe assortment isn't large enough to fill the =
hole after retapping.  I am left thinking that the only remedy may be to =
retap and have a machinist fabricate an agraffe, as the Steinway =
agraffes simply swim around in this hole. =20

  Any recommendations about remedying this problem (shy of replacing the =
plate) would be truly appreciated.


  Marshall Connolly
  Boston Chapter #12836
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